Shaun Bailey is a member of the London Assembly and the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London As I’m finding out, part of the challenge of running for Mayor is explaining to Londoners what it is, exactly, that the Mayor of London does. “Are you here...
‘Shooting on a tram’ in Utrecht, three dead, suspect named
There has been a suspected terror attack in Utrecht, Netherlands with multiple people killed and others injured. Latest stories direct in your inbox Sign up for the free Red Alert email: Armed police are on the scene in the Netherlands, with several people reported...
Matthew Barber: We must rediscover the Peelian principles
Matthew Barber is the Conservative candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley. He is currently the Deputy PCC for that area. The role of the police is changing and so is that of Police and Crime Commissioners. The police are expected to do more...
Conservative candidate selections are progressing for Police and Crime Commissioner elections
On May 7th next year, elections will be held for 36 Police and Crime Commissioners in England, and four in Wales. In July last year, I was pleased to note that the Conservatives were pressing on with candidate selections in good time and this seems to be proceeding...
WATCH: Hancock says the NHS must play its ‘full part’ in stopping knife crime
The NHS must play "full part" in stopping knife crime. Health secretary @MattHancock tells #Ridge you can only tackle it if "lots of different people come together". Follow live political reactions ahead of a crucial week in Westminster:...
Rachel Wolf: How even the perception of a knife crime crisis will make good schools no go zones once again
Rachel Wolf is a partner in Public First. She was an education and innovation adviser at Number 10 during David Cameron’s premiership, and was founding director of the New Schools Network. I live three streets from where I grew up in London. I walk past my old...
Matthew Scott: We don’t need new ‘Tsars’ to oversee the fight against knife crime – we’ve already got PCCs
Matthew Scott is the Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent. This week Sajid Javid summoned Chief Constables from the forces that police our largest metropolitan areas most affected by knife crime to the second Chief Constables’ roundtable. Every death is a...
WATCH: Philp describes the “difficult and painful process” of controlling public spending
“How much has policing been cut since the Conservatives came to power?” @afneil “Difficult and painful process because the country was going bankrupt” Tory Chris Philp @CPhilpOfficial #politicslive https://t.co/yTp33N1adw pic.twitter.com/N6f5vh4Wtx — BBC...
Nick de Bois: The evidence and expertise exists to drive down knife crime – we need the political will to use it
Nick de Bois is the former MP for Enfield North. He was a member of the Government’s Serious Crime Task Force until his appointment as Chief of Staff to Dominic Raab at DExEU. He is the author of Confessions of a Recovering MP. Until yesterday, it appeared that...
Labour’s Laughable Law and Order Pitch
Jeremy Corbyn led his PMQs interrogation on the rising knife crime epidemic today, attacking the PM over reductions in police numbers. But Guido isn’t so sure that the Labour leadership’s newfound claims to be the best placed to secure law and order are accurate… Just...